Doll Item Number: 537/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

A tiny fabric doll with a cream-coloured skirt that has light brown, brown, and orange diamond-shaped geometric pattern. The upper body is wrapped around with a pink fabric that has a rose pattern. There is a white hood over the white face without facial features.

Specific Techniques

The donor recalled that students, having nothing else to make their dolls from, used scraps of paper and fibre, sticking the edges together with saliva.

Narrative

This doll was collected by the donor while she was teaching at the Morley residential school.